Clues by T. J. Moorey in 2018-2019
Azed competitions from 2412 to 2460 All clues by T. J. Moorey | 2018-2019 Honours list
Azed competitions from 2412 to 2460 All clues by T. J. Moorey | 2018-2019 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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T. J. Moorey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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2412 | UBIQUARIAN | VHC | Classy box including Queen with soaring melody a present the world over | Qu + air a (rev.) all in U bin |
2430 | CLERIHEW | VHC | Wanting what’s original in anthology, plainly one looks for Edmund —— | cle(a)r (adv) + I + hew (Spenser), & lit.; see hue1 |
2434 | STONKERED | VHC | Taking defeat in series, gutless England hammered | tonk in ser. + E, d; ref. W. Indies series |
2447 | CONGENER | VHC | What originates character of navy and green rum? | c o’ n + anag., & lit.; ref. St Patrick’s Day drink |
2451 | CAPUT | VHC | Expression of contempt emerges from cabinet after Conservative party’s poll disrupted by American chump | A in C p (bah)ut; disrupt = split |
2460 | TWEET | VHC | Message Number Ten put out containing fabrication (not Boris’s first!)? | we(B) in te(x)t, & lit. |
HCs awarded in competitions:
2417 ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left)
2421 SPASMODICAL
2425 EPILIMNION
2428 SHEPHERDS
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2456 TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps)